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D. F. LOUDO'N.

-HUMIDIFIER. APPLICATION FILED MAR` 25. 1919.

Pntmted July 29, 1919.

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To all whom t may concern Be it' known thatl Donn F. 'LoUDoN, a' citi-v zen of the United "States, and -a residentof the city offNcw York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new'and Improved Humidieneffwhich .the following" is a full, clear, andcXiLQt description "Theobj ect of the inventionis to provideva new and improved humidifier more especially-l designed foruse on steamand hot wa- Ater `radiators or other heating apparatus, v and arranged to evaporate a large amount of water in a comparatively 'short time thus keeping the surrounding charged with the roper amount o'rnoi's'- ture. :Another ob]ect jis to prox/idea hu midifier which is simple and durable in construction and arranged for convenient attachment to a radiator. Another object 1s atmosphere Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11131 29, 1919,.

Applicaties :ned March z5l 1919. serial No. 285,007.

construction.' The/supporting rods Mex'- port the bracket Hat the rear of .theadi- .and to hold the same in contact'with the rear of the. radiator coils 17, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.l By adjusting the rods 14 `,relative to the brackets 11 Ithe receptacle 10 can be raisedor lowered until the top of the sa ns are Brion.

tend downwardlg and-'rearwardly andgirpreceptacleis practically flush with the top i of thel radiator coil 17;

Over the top of the radiator extends afo-` raminous' plate 2Q preferably made of stiff 4sheet metal, and provided at the front with a depending L-shaped supporting flange 21 with similar flanges 22 depending from the sides of the plate20. The iianges 21 and 22 support thetfrgnt and sides of Aa piece. of

Y wire netting or otherforaminous material to permit' of readily disassemblingthe parts and packing the same into a small bundle for storage or shipping purposes. Another o'bjectlis' to permit convenient replacement of the absorbent -cloth in case it becomes soiled'or defective.

With these .andoth'erobjects' -in View, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as 'hereinafter shown and described andtlien specifically pointed out in the claims.'

A practical einbodii'nent of the inventionis represented `in the accompanying drawlshown 'broken out;

ings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in alll the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view; of the humidiiier in position on a steam radiator, parts v being Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross'section of the k.same on the line 2 2 ofFig. l;

tion of lthe absorbent cloth; and

Fig. -5 is a perspective viewof 'a portion of the `foraminous support for the cloth, the

support being in inverted position..

A receptacle 10 open at the' top and adapted to contain water rests .on brackets 11 pro-V vided \With angular flanges 12 in which screw the threaded ends 13 'of supporting rods 14C provided with hooks 15 engaging abutting spacing bosses 16 on adjacent coils 17 of a-steam or hot water radiator of usual forming a support dfastened in placeby screws 31 screwin 4in the frontiiange 21.

The rear end o'f t eforaminous support 30 I terminates a distance from therear end of the top. plate 20, and'over the support-30 extends the front portion of a pieceof absorbent material 35having its reali-portion extending down over the rear edge of the vsupport to hang down into the receptacle Vsimilar open mesh fabric.

10 and`into the watercontained therein to draw up the vWater by capillary attraction into the front portion of' the absorbent 'material. The absorbent` material is preferably formed of a piece oir'loth or other-woven textile fabric such as" dlgirkish toweling or a The absorbent material is provided with openingsi produced during the weaving process thus preventing cutting of the threads 'in order to form such openings. It is understood .that by; the arran' ement described the tion of the a sorbent material 35 to hold the threads remain in `un roken continuity thus insuring-a' proper distribution of the v'vater through capillaryattraction. Lhe support 30 is provided at it's front with suitable hooks 37 en agingthe front marginal por latter securely in'position on the supper-i130.

In order to'insure 'a quick evaporation of the Water contained in the front portion of the. absorbent material 3 5 bythe heat rising .from the radiator it is desirable to keep the front portion of J the absorbent material spaced from the foraminous plate 20.; For this purpose use is preferably made of a rod 40 extending lengthwise under the plate 20 and on top of thefront portion .of the ab'fradiator.

radiatoi and the top of the receptacle is approximately flush with the top of the radiator so tliattlie rear'ends of the side flanges 22 of the plate 20 rest on top of the receptacle to assist in supporting-the plate' in a horizontal position on the top -of the -Itwill further be noticed that by the'arrangement described the water contained in the receptacle l0 is readily drawn up by the absorbent materia-l 35 into the horizontal portion thereof and as this portion is under the direct infiuence of 'the heat rising from the .radiator it is evident that the water con'- ta'ined iin this front horizontal`portioii0f the absorbent ni'ateri-a'l 35 is quickly evaporated.

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From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement -des'cribed a large ainountof water is evaporated in a com# parativeiy short timethus keeping the surrounding atmosphere charged with the de-' siredfamountfof moisture.' In caseA the ab-A sorbent inaterial 35 becomes soiled or otherwise defective it' can` be readily removed from the support 30 and replaced by anew The plate 20, the su port 30 and the 4front portion of the absor ent' material l35 can be readilystored in the receptacle l0 together with the brackets 1 1 and supporting rods '14 for storage or 'shipping p urposes, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3.

Itis understood that the length of the plate 20 and that of the support 30 is less' tlianthe'. length of the receptacle 10 to permit of conveniently slipping' the support down into-the tank 10 when the latter is in position on theradiator and it is desired to use the top of the radiator for other purposes at the time. f

Having thus described my invention', I claim as'neiv and desire to secure by Letters Patent i l. A' humidirer for use on radiators, com-A prising an open top water receptacle, adjustable lmeans for supporting the said receptacle on the-back of a radiator, the top of the receptacle being approximately flush with the top ofthe-radiator, a perforate plate provided at the under side of the front mately at their Ymiddle on the top of the i'adiator,-a foraminous support resting on the said supporting iianges, and a piece of absorbent material, the front portion of which is held Loii top of the said foraminous support .and the reai portion hangs down Afron the rear end of the said support and extends into `the1 water contained in the said receptacle.

A humidifier foiuse on radiators,

comprising an open top water receptacle,

adjustable means for supporting the said recepta'ole ontheback of a radiator, the top ofthe receptacle ,being approximately flushA with tlie top of the radiator, a perforate plate provided at the under side of the front aiidsides -with supporting ianges, of which the rear ends of the side supporting flanges rest on the top of the. said receptacle, the

said sidesupporting ianges resting approximately at their middle on the top of-.the radiator, a foramiiious support resting on the said supporting flanges, a piece of absorbent material, the front of which is held on top of the said foraminous support and tl'ierear portion hangs down from the rear end of thesaid support and extends into the water contained in the said receptacle, and

`spacing means interposed between the front portion of the said absorbent the said plate. i

3. A'huinidier, comprising *a receptacle inateri al and open at tlie-top andadapted to contain water, adjustable brackets adapted to support the said4 receptacle on a radiator, a pei'- forate plate adapted to rest on the top of the radiator and on th'e .top of the said receptacle, a foraminous support mounted on the under side of the said plate, and a piece of absorbent material having l a portion 'stretched over the said support below the plate and having another portion extending into the said receptacle.

ADOR-R F. LOUDON. 

